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Dynamic Learning Maps is used at Newcastle University in several courses, and a demonstration version is available for users outside Newcastle or
whose course is not currently using the system. Please check which version you need be logging into.

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Latest Entries in Leap2A

Leap2A is the technical specification for ePortfolio portability and interoperability - important for providing continuity in life-long learning and also for integrating ePortfolio into the wider learning environment. Leap2A is used in Dynamic Learning Maps; when learners add reflections and notes to curriculum topics or personal learning maps - these are stored remotely in their ePortfolio using Leap2A. That means the reflections, notes and files are part of the portable ePortfolio record.

In his modesty Paul hasn't mentioned his valuable input into the 'plug fest' part of the 'ePortfolios and Key Competencies' conference in which he was able to demonstrate successful transfer of portfolio records from ePET to Pebble Pad and Mahara. This was using the latest Leap2a specifications in which Paul has been a major contributor over a number of successive JISC-CETIS projects.

The conference demonstrated that Leap2a and other ePortfolio interoperability specs are now reaching a level of maturity; with wider adoption and the appearance of more 'real world' applications using these. The hard work by Paul and the ...

Simon and I attended the ePortfolio 2010 conference in London earlier this week. This is an annual conference which is organised by the European Institute for e-Learning (EIFel). It's the fifth time I've attended this conference, and this year I presented the work integrating ePortfolios into Learning Maps.

My presentation was largely in two parts, the first introducing Learning Maps and talking about the integration we've already made between the ePortfolio and the Learning Maps tool using the standards-based web service and Leap2A. And I followed this by talking more theoretically about where this could potentially lead ...

He's keen to point out that his work in this area is just a proof of concept, but I think he's selling this short and we certainly shouldn't dismiss it on that basis. He's achieved really impressive results already and has shown clearly that ePortfolios and other data (in this case Learning Outcomes and Learning resources) can very easily be linked using the Leap2A specification. Which is good ...

Newcastle University, Nottingham University and PebblePad (which is an ePorfolio that has been developed by Wolverhampton University) were involved in developing the Leap2A specification right from the very start, and because of our continued involvement in the specification we've been given the name of the 'vanguard group'.

On Tuesday (the 9th March), I attended a meeting with the rest of the Vanguard because we are all looking at doing some interesting things with Leap2A that go above and beyond the importing and exporting that we initially intended the specification to cover.

Yesterday (23rd Feb) I went to the kick-off meeting of the PIOP3 Project in Derby. It was a productive meeting, introducing the new partner organisations and demonstrating our work on Leap2A so far. Most of the partners are working on importing and exporting Leap2A documents from/into their systems.

However, we're not doing this. We're looking at providing a standard approach to the ePortfolio integration in Learning Maps. And how are we going to do this? Well for the end user it will work in as similar way to how it works now (but I'll hopefully give ...

This morning, Simon and I discussed the choices we've got for integrating the ePortfolio with the Learning Maps tool. The top and bottom of it is that whatever we choose is going to be complicated and will require further development in the future, but we have decided to go with a relatively straightforward option for the first pilot, and develop the more complicated solutions following end-user feedback.

What I'm working towards is to hold data about reflections and attached files in the ePortfolio, and have a web service picking this up from the map. I was originally going ...

I've started work on the integration between the excellent work John's done on the Learning Maps tool, and the existing ePortfolio.

The method I'm planning on using for this is a fairly simple web service. When you add a resource, or evidence, or reflections, or anything else that could be in the portfolio, it will put that data into a (slightly extended) Leap2A formatted XML file, and send that XML file to the ePortfolio. In turn, Learning maps will be able to request a Leap2A file containing all of the portfolio stuff contained within a particular node ...